In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1504-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7765 In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3768-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:10:05.371Z

Reserved: 2018-08-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-15909

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-27T17:29:00.437

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:41.910

Link: CVE-2018-15909

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-15909 - Bugzilla

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